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{{Short description|Geologic formation in Campania}}{{Infobox rockunit
| name           = Pietraroja Plattenkalk
| image          = File:Pietraroja.JPG 
| caption        = The village of Pietraroja with, immediately above it, the ''Le Cavere'' quarry, where the Pietraroja Plattenkalk outcrops
| type           = [[Earth:Geological formation|Geological formation]]
| age            = [[Earth:Albian|Albian]]<br>~{{fossil range|112|100}}
| period         = Albian
| prilithology   = [[Earth:Limestone|Limestone]]
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| region         = Campania
| country        = {{ITA}}
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The '''Pietraroia Plattenkalk''' is a [[Earth:Cretaceous|Cretaceous]] geologic formation located in the Italian municipality of Pietraroja,<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.lascienzaneimusei.it/ibsit/Index?q=area/detail&p=Articolo/_a_ID/_v_133 Ciro, the Italian dinosaur from Pietraroja] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722041054/http://www.lascienzaneimusei.it/ibsit/Index?q=area%2Fdetail&p=Articolo%2F_a_ID%2F_v_133 |date=2011-07-22 }}</ref> near Benevento, in Campania region. It is of [[Earth:Albian|Albian]] age. [[Biology:Dinosaur|Dinosaur]] remains diagnostic to the [[Biology:Genus|genus]] level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation<ref name="dinosaurdistribution">Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.</ref> and the type locality of the formation is the ''La Cavere'' quarry, which is near the village of Pietraroja.

== Paleofauna ==

=== Mollusca ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Biology:Mollusca|Mollusca]]
!Genus
!Species
!Location
!Material
!Notes
|-
|[[Biology:Bivalvia|Bivalves]]
|
|Cavere
|
|
|-
|[[Biology:Gastropoda|Gastropoda]]
|
|Cavere
|
|
|}

=== Crustaceans ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Biology:Crustacean|Crustacean]]s
!Genus
!Species
!Location
!Material
!Notes
|-
|''Pseudastacus''
|
|Cavere
|
|
|-
|''Parvocaris''
|
|Cavere
|
|
|-
|''[[Biology:Macropenaeus|Macropenaeus]]''
|''M. incertus''
|Cavere
|
|}

=== Fish ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Biology:Fish|Fish]]
!Genus
!Species
!Location
!Material
!Notes
|-
|''[[Biology:Rhinobatos|Rhinobatos]]''
|
|Cavere
|
|The only known species of chondrichthy in Pietraroja
|-
|''Ocloedus''
|
|Cavere
|
|A [[Biology:Pycnodontidae|pycnodont]] fish
|-
|''[[Biology:Lepidotes|Lepidotes]]''
|
|Cavere
|
|A [[Biology:Lepidotidae|lepidotid]] fish
|-
|''[[Biology:Belonostomus|Belonostomus]]''
|
|Cavere
|
|An [[Biology:Aspidorhynchiformes|aspidorhynchid]] fish
|-
|''Italoalbula''
|''I. pietrarojae''
|Cavere
|
|An [[Biology:Bonefishes|albulid]] fish
|-
|''[[Biology:Caeus|Caeus]]''
|''C. leopoldi''
|Cavere
|
|An [[Biology:Gonorynchiformes|Gonorynchiformid]] fish
|}

=== Amphibians ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Biology:Amphibian|Amphibian]]s
!Genus
!Species
!Location
!Material
!Notes
!Images
|-
|''[[Biology:Celtedens|Celtedens]]''
|''C. megacephalus''
|Cavere
|
| An albanerpetontid
|[[File:Celtedens megacephalus.JPG|center|frameless]]
|}

=== Lepidosaurs ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Biology:Lepidosauria|Lepidosauria]]
!Genus
!Species
!Location
!Material
!Notes
!Images
|-
|''[[Biology:Derasmosaurus|Derasmosaurus]]''
|''D. pietraroiae''
|Cavere
|
|A [[Biology:Rhynchocephalia|rhynchocephalia]]n. Initially attributed to ''Chometokadmon''
|[[File:9182 - Milano - Museo storia naturale - Derasmosaurus pietraroiae - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 22-Apr-2007 (cropped).jpg|center|frameless]]
|-
|''Eichstaettisaurus''
|''E. gouldi''
|Cavere
|
|A lizard, possibly related to [[Biology:Gecko|geckos]]. One of the two specimens was found as the gastric contents of a second reptile.
|[[File:Eichstaettisaurus gouldi 2.jpg|center|frameless]]
|-
|''Costasaurus''
|''C. rusconi''
|Cavere
|
|A lizard.
|[[File:Costasaurus rusconii.JPG|center|frameless]]
|-
|''Chometokadmon''
|''C. fitzingeri''
|Cavere
|
| A lizard.
|[[File:Chometokadmon fitzingeri.JPG|center|frameless]]
|-
|[[Biology:Rhynchocephalia|Rynchocephalia]] indet
|unknown
|Cavere
|
|
|
|-
|[[Biology:Sphenodontidae|Sphenodontidae]] indet.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Cau|first1=Andrea|last2=Baiano|first2=Mattia A.|last3=Raia|first3=Pasquale|date=May 2014|title=A new sphenodontian (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Southern Italy and the phylogenetic affinities of the Pietraroia Plattenkalk rhynchocephalians|journal=Cretaceous Research|language=en|volume=49|pages=172–180|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.001}}</ref>
|unknown
|Cavere
|
|
|
|}

=== Crocodylomorpha ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Biology:Crocodylomorpha|Crocodylomorpha]]
!Genus
!Species
!Location
!Material
!Notes
|-
|''[[Biology:Pietraroiasuchus|Pietraroiasuchus]]''
|''P. ormezzanoi''
|Cavere
|Two articulated skeletons
|Previously assigned to ''[[Biology:Pachycheilosuchus|Pachycheilosuchus]]'', now sister taxon
|}

=== Dinosaurs ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Biology:Dinosaur|Dinosaurs]]
!Genus
!Species
!Location
!Material
!Notes
!Images
|-
|''[[Biology:Scipionyx|Scipionyx]]''
|''S. samniticus''
|Cavere
|A nearly complete skeleton in perfect condition
|Tiny juvenile theropod
|[[File:9121 - Milano, Museo storia naturale - Scipionyx samniticus - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 22-Apr-2007a.jpg|center|frameless]]
|}

== Paleoflora ==

=== Algae ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Biology:Algae|Algae]]
!Genus
!Species
!Location
!Material
!Notes
|-
|Salpingoporella
|
|Cavere
|
|
|-
|Thaumatoporella
|
|Cavere
|
|
|}

=== Plants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Biology:Plant|Plants]]
!Genus
!Species
!Location
!Material
!Notes
|-
|[[Biology:Zamites|Zamites]]
|
|Cavere
|
|
|-
|[[Biology:Brachyphyllum|Brachyphyllum]]
|
|Cavere
|
|
|}

== See also ==
* List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
* List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite LSA |last=Weishampel |first=David B. |last2=Dodson |first2=Peter |last3=Osmólska |first3=Halszka (eds.) |year=2004 |title=The Dinosauria, 2nd edition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C |publisher=Berkeley: University of California Press |pages=1–880 |accessdate=2019-02-21}} {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}

[[Category:Albian Stage]]
[[Category:Limestone formations]]



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